Marie-Catherine HERPIN (ARPIN) dite POITEVIN

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2 May 1742 , Saint-Ours, Canada, New France

Died

6 November 1817 , Contrecœur, Lower Canada

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René-Guillaume HERPIN (ARPIN) dit POITEVIN Thérèse BAUDREAU dite GRAVELINE

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Born: 2 May 1742 in Saint-Ours, Canada, New France

Father: René-Guillaume HERPIN (ARPIN) dit POITEVIN

Mother: Thérèse BAUDREAU dite GRAVELINE

Paternal grandparents: Émery-Méry HERPIN (ARPIN) dit POITEVIN , Marie-Jacqueline COULON

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste BAUDREAU dit GRAVELINE , Françoise BAZINET

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Marie-Catherine married François SAVIGNAC 16 September 1799 in Verchères, Lower Canada . François SAVIGNAC was born 19 February 1724 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). François died 19 June 1807 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). François was the child of Jean-Baptiste SAVIGNAC and Marie-Anne HÉNAULT.

Marie-Catherine HERPIN (ARPIN) dite POITEVIN died 6 November 1817 in Contrecœur, Lower Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name? When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Marie-Catherine HERPIN (ARPIN) dite POITEVIN married

François SAVIGNAC
Marriage date: 16 September 1799
Marriage place: Verchères, Lower Canada
François SAVIGNAC was the child of Jean-Baptiste SAVIGNAC and Marie-Anne HÉNAULT

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Birth — 1742
2 May 1742
Saint-Ours, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1799 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Catherine HERPIN (ARPIN) dite POITEVIN and François SAVIGNAC 16 September 1799, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

She was 57 years old.

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)